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Our Cages
Below are details of the rat cages that we have used
over the years. I don't have any plans or details to
make cages as i have always made them up form whatever
materials i have lying about but at some point soon
i will try and draw up some plans on how to make rat
cages.
We started off with the starter rat cage (on
the right) but soon decided that it wasn't large
enough. So... we joined it up to another old hamster
cage with a tunnel.
They had beds in each for when they needed "time
away" from each other, but they generally tended
to sleep in the tunnel, because it was the highest
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The rats, sleeping in the tunnel, as normal! |
| Middle Cage
We then decided to build a cage out of wood that
was a lot easier to get into and clean out.
I got some old planks of wood from the shed and
started making this, the only expense was the
mesh so in total it cost £10 |
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Large Cage
Then... our girls should only have the best!
I started making this cage and in total it took
me about 3 days to build. The wood was free from
a local glass company that give all of their crates
away to anyone who can be bothered to take the
nails out etc.... The wood took almost a whole
day to sand it all down so there were no splinters
to injure our ratties! This cage cost about £25
in total, about £15 for the mesh and the
other 10 for hinges, locks, screws and wood for
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Then....we got boys!!!
We hadn't planned on getting any boys, but we
caught GMR! (Get More Rats!) when we saw scooby
all on his own. We fell in love with him. He needed
a mate so that's where Socks came to our house!
I started making this cage so that we could introduce
scooby to socks which all went well.
Then we got smudgy so had to empty all of the
wood and and redo the whole of the inside so we
could introduce smudgy to the other 2 boys!
This cage cost about £30 as i couldn't
be bothered to sand any more wood down so had
to buy it!!! |
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Plastic Cages
As the wooden cages started to
get old and a bit smelly I decided to buy some
plastic based cages. These are easier to clean
as the bases are removable and can be tipped
into the bin.
We found the best plastic cages
were ones that were suited to small rabbits.
These cages do have wide bars so are not suitable
for small rats as they could squeeze out, but
for adult rats they are ideal.
When looking for a plastic based
cage, try and find one which has rounded corners
inside the base so that the soiled litter wont
stay in the corners of the cage.
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